"Other movie's music in OTHER movies"

[DavidVillaJr]

So, I'm sitting here watching "I Wake Up Screaming" with Victor Mature, Betty Grable and Carole Landis, and as "Jill" is busily hacksawing "Frankie's" handcuffs off, we are treated to a lovely string arrangement of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

I realize that "SOTR" was popular music by 1941, but it is NOW almost exclusively associated with "The Wizard of Oz".

Now here's the challenge. Find movie scenes that use music featured in OTHER movies.

A challenge for music lovers and movie lovers.

dv

 

[Undertow]

Although I can't name a specific movie/tune combo, I can say that I usually recognize composer Hans Zimmer when I hear him.

In fact, I think we can all usually tell when Danny Elfman is doing the music for a movie, too.

I know that's not hearing one popular song from a movie in another movie's arrangement, but in this day and age (modern cinema 1990's-present) we're not typically treated to composed music - usually just some rock/pop song.

 

[scottyrocks]

Just look at almost any 1940s Bugs Bunny cartoon. Lots of bits of music from loads of places, including movies. Carl Stalling was a genius.

 

[LizzieMaine]

There are very few Paramount romances/romantic comedies from 1932 to 1960 that don't, under one scene or another, feature "Isn't It Romantic," originally composed by Rodgers and Hart for "Love Me Tonight" in 1932.

And, of course, the entire score of "Singin' In The Rain" is cobbled together from tunes written for early-talkie-era MGM musicals. If you sit down and watch "The Broadway Melody" or "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" you'll find yourself expecting Gene Kelly to appear on screen at any moment.

Most of the film studios owned their own music publishing companies, and made very good use of the tunes under their control. The more familiar you are with the popular music of the thirties, the more impossible it becomes to sit thru any 1940s or 50s movie without thinking "Hey, that's such-and-such-a-song!"

 

[Widebrim]

Swan Lake, which plays over the opening credits of Dracula ('31), is used for the same purpose in The Mummy ('32). Monogram and PRC were especially known for cannabilizing music for their '40s horror movies.

 

[John in Covina]

I recall seeing something about a sneak preview screening of Gone With the Wind did not have the theme we know (Tara's Theme?) because it wasn't scored yet, they used the theme to the Prisoner of Zenda.

There were a number of movie trailers that used the theme from Total Recall as the background music.

 

[John in Covina]

Just look at almost any 1940s Bugs Bunny cartoon. Lots of bits of music from loads of places, including movies. Carl Stalling was a genius.

Carl borrowed heavily from Raymond Scott.

If you can get a hold of the CD "A Celebration on the Planet Mars" by the Beau Hunks Sexette it is a great tribute to Raymond Scott.

They spell out some of the more famous Warner Brothers Cartoons that Carl used Scott's music.

Powerhouse and War Dance for Wooden Indians were used a bunch.

 

[The Wolf]

This reminds me of a scene from "Speak Easily" where Durante suggests a tune for a new play. He plays "Singing in the Rain" on the piano and says "They'll leave the theatre humming this". Buster Keaton (or someone else) tells him "They'll enter the theatre humming it."

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Atomic Age]

So, I'm sitting here watching "I Wake Up Screaming" with Victor Mature, Betty Grable and Carole Landis, and as "Jill" is busily hacksawing "Frankie's" handcuffs off, we are treated to a lovely string arrangement of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

I realize that "SOTR" was popular music by 1941, but it is NOW almost exclusively associated with "The Wizard of Oz".

Now here's the challenge. Find movie scenes that use music featured in OTHER movies.

A challenge for music lovers and movie lovers.

dv

Over the Rainbow was written for Oz so of course that is what it is most associated with.

I Wake Up Screaming also uses "Street Scene" written by Alfred Newman for the movie Street Scene (1931). This bit of music was used as the main titles of MANY Fox films noir, including The Dark Corner, Cry of the City, Kiss of Death,Where the Sidewalk Ends and as the overture to How to Marry a Millionaire.

Doug

[video=youtube;Akf3Gi7rDRM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akf3Gi7rDRM[/video]

 

[Atomic Age]

Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981) uses Max Steiner's, themes and much of the score (re-recorded for this movie) for The Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Doug

 

[Zombie_61]

Monogram and PRC were especially known for cannabilizing music for their '40s horror movies.

Universal as well. They paid quite a bit to have an original score for The Bride of Frankenstein, but they re-used that score in countless subsequent films.

 

[scottyrocks]

Carl borrowed heavily from Raymond Scott.

If you can get a hold of the CD "A Celebration on the Planet Mars" by the Beau Hunks Sexette it is a great tribute to Raymond Scott.

They spell out some of the more famous Warner Brothers Cartoons that Carl used Scott's music.

Powerhouse and War Dance for Wooden Indians were used a bunch.

Yes, Stalling used a mixture of original action-accentuating music and known pieces to fill his WB cartoons. I wasnt aware of Raymond Scott's influence. I'll have to look him up. Thanks!